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Riddim Driven is a series of various artists compilation albums released by VP Records. Each volume of the series features tracks from multiple artists recorded over one or two reggae or dancehall riddims produced by various producers. The series began in January 2001 with the release of the Chiney Gal & Blazing riddim album.
Often a melody is associated with the riddim, and occasionally an artist will produce two different songs with the same riddim (e.g. Elephant Man's "Ele Melody" and "Father Elephant" were both produced using the Kopa riddim, produced by Supa Dups). [citation needed] Riddims began forming popular in the early 1960s with the evolving role of the ...
"Never Leave You (Uh Ooh, Uh Ooh)" is an R&B song written by Lumidee Cedeño, Teddy "Tedsmooth" Mendez and Eddie Perez, and features a prominent dancehall reggae riddim called "Diwali" written by Steven "Lenky" Marsden, [2] [3] although it is slightly altered from the original riddim.
Drum N Bass music database, physical releases only. 175,969 [32] 62,103 [32] Riddim Guide Reggae and dancehall database; catalogues riddims: 57,875 [33] 4878 (riddims) [33] 5937 [33] 2570 record labels [33] Yes VGMdb: Database for soundtracks and related music, with a primary focus on video games. 2,576,985 [34] 130,726 [34] 58,598 [34] vkgy ...
"Sleng Teng" is the name given to one of the first fully computerized riddims, influential in Jamaican music and beyond. The riddim, which was the result of work by Noel Davey, Ian "Wayne" Smith, and Lloyd "King Jammy" James, was first released with Wayne's vocals under the title "Under Mi Sleng Teng" in early 1985.
The term "riddim" is the Jamaican Patois pronunciation of the English word "rhythm".The derived genre originally stemmed from dub, reggae, and dancehall.Although the term was widely used by MCs since the early days of dancehall and garage music, it was later adopted by American dubstep producers and fans to describe what was originally referred to as "wonky dubstep".
After leaving Jammy they signed to New York label Natural Bridge. [2] They had their first success with the "Bada Bada" riddim in 1998, which was the basis of tracks by Beenie Man, Elephant Man and Chuck Fenda. [2] As well as success as producers they had hits in their own right with tracks such as "Haters", "Judgement Day", and "Blood Stain". [2]
At this point in the reggae industry, singing "slack" songs about women was the popular thing to do. Anthony B did not believe in degrading women and chose to pen politically slanted songs instead. He collaborated with Little Devon and made his debut single "The Living is Hard" on the Wizard label in 1993.